Fr. Funston’s sermon for Sunday, March 16, Lent 2, “Break the Chains,” is now available on his blog: Nicodemus, a Pharisee of the Sanhedrin, who has come to Jesus professing his great admiration and respect, cannot accept what Jesus tells…
Continue ReadingFr. Funston’s sermon for Sunday, March 9, Lent 1, is now available on line: Today, as we step further into the season of Lent, this season of self-examination when we liturgically join Jesus for his forty days in the desert,…
Continue ReadingO God, who from the family of your servant David raised up Joseph to be the guardian of your incarnate Son and the spouse of his virgin mother: Give us grace to imitate his uprightness of life and his obedience…
Continue ReadingFr. Funston’s sermon for the Last Sunday after Epiphany, March 2, is now available online: We should think of Jesus as the lens of a microscope, or a telescope, or just as a magnifying glass. We should read Paul through…
Continue ReadingStrengthen, O Lord, the bishops of your Church in their special calling to be teachers and ministers of the Sacraments, so that they, like your servant Cyril of Jerusalem, may effectively instruct your people in Christian faith and practice; and…
Continue ReadingAlmighty God, who in your providence chose your servant Patrick to be the apostle of the Irish people, to bring those who were wandering in darkness and error to the true light and knowledge of you: Grant us so to…
Continue ReadingO God, whose glory it is always to have mercy: Be gracious to all who have gone astray from your ways, and bring them again with penitent hearts and steadfast faith to embrace and hold fast the unchangeable truth of…
Continue ReadingAlmighty God, who after the creation of the world rested from all your works and sanctified a day of rest for all your creatures: Grant that we, putting away all earthly anxieties, may be duly prepared for the service of…
Continue ReadingAlmighty God, whose most dear Son went not up to joy but first he suffered pain, and entered not into glory before he was crucified: Mercifully grant that we, walking in the way of the cross, may find it none…
Continue ReadingMost gracious God, by the calling of your servant James Theodore Holly, you gave us our first bishop of African-American heritage. In his quest for life and freedom, he led your people from bondage into a new land and established…
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